The White Lotus Season 3 is bad, and its fans will tear you apart online if you say so

The White Lotus’s banal class war

The first season of mystery comedy series The White Lotus should have landed at the perfect moment. Debuting in July 2021 and set at a five-star resort in Hawaii, it delivered the things many of us had been missing for a year and a half as we still felt the lingering effects of the winter-spring lockdown: sex, drama, hot climates, holiday. But the aesthetic was supported by something much meatier: an upstairs-downstairs commentary, a thematic ex…

This 'White Lotus' Theory About Belinda & Pornchai Is Kinda Sad, But Makes Sense

HBOIt’s not very often that The White Lotus has a returning guest — and that’s not too surprising considering the resort’s body count. In Season 2, Tanya McQuoid’s second stay ended in disaster. Now, Belinda Lindsey is back for Season 3, and right from the very first moments of the Thai excursion, it looked like she may suffer a similar fate as Tanya’s. However, fans now have a much more convincing theory about where Belinda’s story is headed, w…

The White Lotus Season 3 is bad, and its fans will tear you apart online if you say so

I made the mistake of posting a simple observation on Threads yesterday about a TV show I'm watching. I’m five episodes into The White Lotus Season 3 (I'm a little behind, I was too busy with Severance), and in my post, I noted that I’m still waiting for something to happen in the hit HBO series from creator Mike White. Apparently, I touched a nerve. Within minutes, I was bombarded with responses from deeply loyal fans who seemingly took my bore…

The White Lotus series has become a must in the space of two seasons, and season 3 confirms its popularity on HBO. Many people discovered Mike White in 2021 with his creation The White Lotus, and better late than ever. Screenwriter of a lot of films (The Good Girl with Jennifer Aniston, [...]